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Section Board for 'Colorants' (22)
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Interests: structural characterization, extraction and evaluation/modulation of the antioxidant properties of natural phenolic compounds with particular reference to: a) exploitation of phenolic compounds especially from agri-food by-products for the development of functional materials to be used in cosmetics, food packaging and biomedicine; b) reactivity of natural phenolic compounds with reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and their manipulation/derivatization to improve their functional properties; c) evaluation of the antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds and of complex extracts/matrices by validated chemical assays; d) chemistry of melanin pigments
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Special Issue in Cosmetics: Melanogenesis and Melanin-Related Compounds: A Cosmetic Perspective
Special Issue in Cosmetics: Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Properties of Natural Compounds to Be Used in Cosmetics
Special Issue in Molecules: Natural and Synthetic Phenolic Compounds for Food Applications
Special Issue in Molecules: Exclusive Feature Papers in Colorants- 2nd Volume
Special Issue in Molecules: Natural and Synthetic Phenolic Compounds for Food Applications II
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Polyphenols and Their Impact on Human Health

Interests: bio-analytical chemistry; luminescent probes; nanotechnology; aggregation-induced emission
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Interests: dendrimers; polymers; dye chemistry; fluorescence; photophysics; textile; bioactivity; antibacterial materials and coatings; smart materials
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Special Issue in Materials: Antimicrobial Textile
Special Issue in Materials: Innovative Textile Materials
Special Issue in Textiles: Frontiers in Smart Textiles

Interests: dyes and pigments; porphyrins; nanomaterials; supramolecular chemistry; sensors; artificial photosynthesis; solar cells
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Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Porphyrin Based Nanomaterials for the Development of Nanotechnological Tool
Special Issue in Sensors: Fluorescent Probes and Sensors
Special Issue in Chemosensors: Supramolecular Chemical Sensors
Special Issue in Sensors: Focused on Organic Luminescent Materials and Molecular Recognition
Special Issue in Symmetry: Nanocatalysis and Symmetry in Chemistry
Special Issue in Chemosensors: Chromogenic and Fluorogenic Chemosensors

Interests: antitumor activity of natural extracts (especially mushrooms and aromatic and medicinal plants) using human tumor cell lines; establishment of primary cell cultures from normal cells as toxicity models; anti-inflammatory activity of natural extracts using macrophages; flow cytometry
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Interests: liquid crystals; liquid–crystalline polymers; liquid–crystalline networks; mesomorphic organometallic polymers; dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC); organic semiconductors; organic fluorescent molecules; metallo-organic fluorescent materials; crystal engineering; crystal structures; optical materials; second-order NLO molecules; dyes and pigments; flurophore/chromophore probes; chemosensor; solid-state emitters; fluorescent dyes
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Special Issue in Molecules: Exclusive Feature Papers in Colorants

Interests: molecular imaging; BODIPYs; aza-BODIPYs; NIR I and NIR II optical imaging probes; theranostics; bimodal probes for molecular imaging; metal-based anticancer agents
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Interests: fluorescent sensors for bioimaging application
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Interests: theoretical and computational chemistry; photophysics; non-covalent interactions; single-crystal X-ray diffraction; charge density

Interests: archaeometry; characterization of ancient materials; glazed and decorated pottery; archaeological glass; dyes and pigments in illuminated manuscripts; dyes in ancient textiles; colour of historical musical instruments

Interests: spectroscopy; luminescence; automation; chlorophylls; phenolics; natural compounds; natural colorants; food analysis; HPLC-MS; nanomaterials; antioxidant; in vitro digestion;analytical methods for the determination of colorants
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Special Issue in Molecules: Phenolic Composition, Antioxidant Potential and Bioactive Potential of Natural Products

Interests: chlorophylls; carotenoids; metabolomics; mass spectrometry; coloring foodstuff; bioavailability; cell absorption
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Interests: dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC); organic semiconductors; organic fluorescent molecules; metallo-organic fluorescent materials; crystal engineering; crystal structures; optical materials; second-order NLO molecules; dyes and pigments; flurophore/chromophore probes; chemosensor; solid-state emitters; fluorescent dyes
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Interests: functional dye and pigment; absorption/emission NIR materials at >1000 nm for bio-imaging; security materials; design and synthesis of colorant for LCD color filters and image sensors; pigment synergists for pigment inks; stimuli-responsive materials based on fluorescent material
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Interests: synthesis of heterocyclic dyes; disperse dyes; photostability of dyes; fluorogenic and luminogenic probes for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species detection; boronate probes

Interests: photoactive hybrid zeolitic materials and nanoparticles for optolectonics and biophotonics; self-assembled dyes as fluorescent and chiroptic organic materials
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Interests: materials chemistry; macromolecular chemistry; photochemistry
Interests: fluorescent materials

Interests: polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS); cyclotriphosphazene; liquid crystals; conjugated polymers; organic synthesis; polymer synthesis; electrochromism; thermoelectrics; aggregation-induced emission (AIE)
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Interests: dye-sensitized solar cells; electrochemistry; hole-transporting materials; porphyrins; organic dyes; organic solar cells
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Special Issue in Molecules: Advanced Functional Dyes
Special Issue in Molecules: Porphyrins and Its Derivatives: Design, Synthesis and Applications
Special Issue in Molecules: Synthesis of Conjugates and Their Applications for Solar Cells

Interests: biochemical engineering; waste management; industrial enzymes; functional foods; high-added-value compounds recovery
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Special Issue in Molecules: Pigment, Dye, and Green Colorant Research in Europe
Topical Collection in Energies: Review Papers in Energy and Environment
Special Issue in Processes: Chemical and Biotechnological Processes for the Recovery of High Value-Added Compounds
Topics: Advanced Oxidation Process: Applications and Prospects
Topics: Advances in Enzymes and Protein Engineering

Interests: synthesis of fluorescent chelating ligands and their coordination complexes; xanthene derivatives; porphyrinic macrocycles and analogues; metallo-organic fluorescent materials; NMR spectroscopy
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